Machine for making stick-candy



(No Model.) 2Sheets-Sheet 1. J. SMITH.

MACHINE FOR MAKING STICK GANDY. No. 405,720. Patented June 25, 1889.

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J.,. SMITH. MACHINE FOR MAKING STIGK CANDY.

No. 405,720. Y Patented June 25, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN SMITH, OF NORRISTOIVN, ASSIGNOR TO CROFT 85 ALLEN, OF PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA.

MACHINE FOR MAKING STICK-CANDY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 405,720, dated June 25,1889. Application filed October 10, 1888. Serial No. 287,760. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it 77mg concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN SMITH, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Norristown, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Making Stick- Candy,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to machines for making stick-candy; and myinvention consists of a machine provided with a pair of inclinedrevolving rolls and a bearing for the mass of material supported by therolls, all as fully set forth hereinafter, and as illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in ivhich' Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved candy-making machine. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation; Fig. 3,a detached view illustrating a table forming one of the adjuncts of themachine.

The frame A of the machine is suitably constructed to support the bcarings of two shafts 2 3, supporting two rolls 1 1, which may be conical orcylindrical, conical rolls being shown, the surfaces of the rolls beingserrated or grooved longitudinally. The frame is inclined so as tosupport the rolls in an inclined position in respect to a table 1;, towhich the frame is connected by hinged connections H 14, permitting theinclination of the rolls to the table to be altered at pleasure, legs 25supporting the frame at the outer lower end. Above the rolls near thelower ends and upon an axis midway between those of the rolls turns adisk or plate I, the same being supported by a shaft or rod 5, on whichthe disk mayturn or to which it may be secured, in which latter case theshaft will turn in a bracket 7, secured to and projecting upward fromthe frame. Below and between the rolls is supported an elongatedburner-as, for instance, a perforated gas-pipe Sto which gas isconducted by a flexible tube 9, the gas being ignited prior tooperations, so as to afford a supply of hot air, which will flow upwardbetween the rolls, On the ends of the shafts 2 3 are grooved pulleys 1910, round which passes a driving-band 12, the pulley 19 being a doublepulley, and being driven from any suitable motor by means of a drivingband 13, so as to turn the two rolls in the same direction, as indicatedby their arrows.

The lump or mass of softened sugar X is placed upon and between therolls, resting thereon and against the disk 4, and as the rolls revolveit will, owing to their revolution and their inclination, be speedilyreduced to a conical shape, the smaller end elongating toward the table,upon which it is drawn by the workman, who assists its formation into arod of suitable dimensions by such slight manipulation as may benecessary, and who, when required, divides the rod as form ed intosticks of suitable length.

By means of the machine constructed and operating as set forth anunskilled workman can readily and quickly reduce the mass of material tothe desired form.

\Vhen it is desired to color the surface of the sticks in whole or inpart, a layer of colored material is applied to the surface of the lump,either in sheets, bands, or strips, according to the result desired, andthis coloring ma terial may be heated preliminary to applying it, andwhile the mass of stick material X is not on the rolls, by placing it ona detachable table 0, consisting of a sheet 15 of metal having legs 1617 adapted to rest on the frame of the machine and support the plate ina level position above the hot burner, from which it is heated.

I am aware that rollingmills have been made with two conical rolls andan anvil, by means of which amass of softened material, as metal, iscompressed and formed into a cylinder by pressure. My invention differsfrom this by the use of two conical and inclined rolls, on which themass of softened sugar rests with out compression, the rotation of themass in connection with the drawing outof a portion at one end, whichend is held so as not to roll, imparting a twist that gradually reducesthe same to a cylindrical bar. The end bearing situated at the lowerends of the rolls and above them holds the mass in place while therolling and twisting is being effected.

IVithout limiting myself to the precise construction and arrangement ofparts shown, I claim 1. A candy-1n aking machine provided with tworollers arranged side by side, geared. to revolve in the same direction,and inclined from a horizontal line, and an end bearing arranged abovethe rolls at their lower ends, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

2. The combination of the inclined revolving rolls and a bearingconsisting of a revolving plate arranged above and between the rollsadjacent to their lower ends, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of a pair of tapering inclined rolls geared torevolve in the same direction, with their smaller ends elevated, and abearing-plate in the form of a disk supported above the lower ends ofthe rolls, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination of a pair of separated revolving rolls, a bearingabove the same at their lower ends, and a burner arranged below thespace between the rolls, substantially 20 I rolls, and a detachabletable 0, substantially 3o as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN SMITH.

l/Vitnesses S. SPENCER CHAPMAN, NATHAN 0. LANE.

the rolls, substantially as set 2 5

